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The Standard - Article

The State of K-12 Science Curriculum

While the availability of aligned, high-quality materials lags what science standards demand, states can press the market for better ones.

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The Standard - Article

The Unrealized Promise of High-Quality Instructional Materials

Overcoming barriers to faithful implementation requires changing teacher and leader mind-sets.

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The Standard - Article

How Background Knowledge Builds Good Readers and Why Knowledge Building ELA Curricula Are Vital

A common base of content knowledge and coherent, comprehensive, and sequential curricula to deliver it are prerequisites for reading comprehension. Most students are not getting what they need.

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The Standard - Article

What Role Do States Play in Selecting K-12 Textbooks?

A network of states move the needle on quality without usurping local control.

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The Standard

Advancing Math and Science Instruction

Advancing math and science education entails doing something different so it is possible for all students to achieve mastery.

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Power of the Question

Six Questions to Advance Media Literacy and Digital Citizenship

Adolescents consume a lot of screen media, which exposes them to potentially harmful media messages that impacts their physical, mental, and social well-being. Read how some states are equipping students with skills to navigate a complex media landscape.

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The Standard - Column

Doing More by Doing Less

State boards ought to be reckoning with how to value and support teaching as a profession and an art.

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The Standard - Article

How Background Knowledge Builds Good Readers and Why Knowledge Building ELA Curricula Are Vital

A common base of content knowledge and coherent, comprehensive, and sequential curricula to deliver it are prerequisites for reading comprehension. Most students are not getting what they need.

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The Standard - Column

A Trip to the Theater

As you engage in standards making on your state board, expect no credit, but keep your head down and stay focused on substance.

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The Standard - Article

What Role Do States Play in Selecting K-12 Textbooks?

A network of states move the needle on quality without usurping local control.

read more
The Standard - Article

The Unrealized Promise of High-Quality Instructional Materials

Overcoming barriers to faithful implementation requires changing teacher and leader mind-sets.

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Press Release

Newest Issue of the Standard Highlights a Role for States in Advancing High-Quality Curriculum

Authors in the latest issue of NASBE’s State Education Standard draw lessons from a spectrum of state policies that are being used to increase the adoption of high-quality curriculum.

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The Standard - Article

The State of K-12 Science Curriculum

While the availability of aligned, high-quality materials lags what science standards demand, states can press the market for better ones.

read more